HONG KONG -- Death is inevitable, but it doesn't have to be bad for the environment. Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral industry trade fair highlighted a ...

RIVIERA BEACH — As the Shawn Johnson funeral home fires back amid claims it mishandled Re’Asia Washington’s body, the funeral home that took over care of the 11-year-old’s remains is echoing her ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Death is inevitable but it doesn’t have to be bad for the environment. Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral industry trade highlighted a ...

MACAU — Nothing is a match for Lee Jonglan’s airbrush. Not the yellow tint of jaundice, not the gruesome wounds of gunshots, not the bones broken in high-speed car crashes. “You see how the right side ...

Japanese pensioners aren’t in a rush to dump their driving licenses, but one police department is hoping to entice them to retire from the roads with a novel incentive – discount funerals. A town in ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] “We do hold a three-day funeral, but all the crematorium reservations in Gyeonggi-do are fully booked, so I’m really stressed about what to do.” On the afternoon of ...

A paper butterfly is displayed on a coffin during Asia Funeral Expo (AFE) in Hong Kong May 19, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has made a $1.1 billion buyout offer, in ...

[Asia Economy reporters Donghoon Jeong and Seungyoon Song] The funeral ceremony for the late Park Won-soon, former Mayor of Seoul, who passed away on the 10th, began on the morning of the 13th at ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The official funeral for Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon will be held online this week over coronavirus concerns, his funeral committee said Sunday. The announcement comes amid a heated ...

Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral industry trade fair highlighted a trend toward "green burials" in an industry booming as Asia's population rapidly ...